The original home improvement show Changing Rooms is back, returning to screens last night after 17 years to the delight of fans.
However, there is one woman who won't be watching the second season of the reboot after her time on the show wasn't filled with happy memories. On her episode of the show, one of the biggest disasters occurred when Clodagh and daughter Julia discovered that her £6,000 teapot collection was destroyed during the renovation.
The vast collection, which had been built up over her lifetime, was destroyed after the team created a free-standing shelving unit to display the teapots. The unit crashed down after a pile of books were placed on the shelf, leaving the expensive teapots smashed to smithereens, reports the Mirror.
Clodagh was devastated after finding out her collection was destroyed, which made for awkward viewing as Linda was forced to break the news. At first there was some confusion over exactly what had happened, as Clodagh asked: "Oh my god, you've killed my cat, haven't you?", when the designer tried to explain what had happened.
Speaking to the Guardian about how she feels now, it's clear there's still bad blood. She said: "I still don’t feel very good about her,” she says of Barker. On the very rare occasions she’s on television now, when I do see her, she’s still very bouncy, and I just don’t think she earned the bounce.”
Insurers reimbursed Clodagh for the value of her collection but she never restarted it - saying she couldn't bear for it to happen again. But she told the paper that she didn't regret appearing on the show - saying it was a good experience for her daughter.
Recounting the incident years on, Linda Barker said: "Probably the worst moment for me, well definitely the worst moment and probably for any designer on Changing Rooms has to be when I built a floating shelf. It was 14 floors up and in a flat in Wandsworth and it was to house a very beautiful collection of antique teapots.
"The idea was that this thing was just in the middle of the room. I mean it was going to be absolutely great and it should have looked wonderful of course. But I'm painting such a great picture because of course the whole thing ended in complete disaster."
Former Big Brother presenter Davina, 52, joined interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen for the first series, who starred on the home improvement show previously. The reboot retained the same format - which saw two friends work against the clock, under the guidance of the designers, to renovate a room in each others house.
Davina has said she is "excited" to front the "classic" home improvement show, adding: "It's the perfect time to bring it back, everyone is going DIY and decor mad. I can't wait to see all the amazing transformations - I might even get stuck in myself if I'm allowed to be let loose with a paint brush."
Speaking ahead of the return of the hit show, Jonny Rothery, commissioning editor for Channel 4, said: "With us all spending so long staring at our own four walls, there's never been a better time to see the return of the nation's favourite interiors show."
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